When Dante Jamie Coyne entered a busy train in Woking, England, Monday morning, he was surprised to find an entire section of seats empty. The reason? One of the seats was occupied by a girl wearing a Niqab (veil), and seemingly, no one wanted to sit beside her.

Seeing the girl being ostracised by other commuters for following her religious beliefs, the 25-year-old tech support engineer from Surrey decided to do something about it.

In a post on Facebook, which went viral, receiving over 44,000 likes and 4,300 shares so far, Coyne said, “I jump on a busy train this morning and everyone had made it beyond obvious that they would not sit in this section of 6 seats, I loudly announced ‘I’ll sit here then’ and took my seat.”

His kind gesture did not get unnoticed. Recalling his journey, Coyne said,” We said nothing the entire journey but as she got off train she nodded at me,” adding that he also heard a very quiet “thank you” from the girl. At the end of his post, Coyne urged people not to be judgmental.

Reader Comments (3)

@Fahim….you do understand that Burka and an invisibility cloak are not the same things.
Some women choose to cloth (not hide) themselves by wearing a burka. They are going out so obviously they want to interact with others.Recommend